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I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.

Before the 20th century, the ulcer was not a respectable disease. Doctors would say, 'You're under a lot of stress.' Nineteenth-century Europe and America had all these crazy health spas and quack treatments.

My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.

I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.

I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.

My cholesterol went from 220 to 149. I was crying like a 'Biggest Loser' contestant when my doctor gave me the news.